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Meaning of Russia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɹʌʃə

Definitions

  1. Ellipsis of Russia leather.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  2. A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
    broadly, countable, historical, uncountable
  4. The Russian Empire; the tsarist empire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917.
    countable, historical, uncountable
  5. Kievan Rus; the medieval East Slavic state centered in Kiev.
    countable, dated, historical, uncountable
  6. Any of several East Slavic states descended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia).
    countable, dated

Equivalents

Afrikaans Rusland
አማርኛ ሩሲያ
العربية روسيا
Azərbaycanca Rusiya Русия
Беларуская Расея Расія
Български Русия
বাংলা রাশিয়া
བོད་སྐད རྒྱ་སེར ཨུ་རུ་སུ
Bosanski Novosibirsk Rus ruši Rusi Rùsija Москва Русија
Català Rússia
Čeština Rus Rusko Rusy
Cymraeg Rwsia
Dansk Rusland
Deutsch Kronstadt Pregel Russland Russlond
Ελληνικά Ρωσία Ρωσσία
Esperanto Rusio Rusujo
Español rusia
Eesti Venemaa
Euskara Errusia
فارسی روسیه
Suomi itänaapuri kaalimaa Ryssälä Ryssänmaa Togliatti Venäjä
Vosa Vakaviti Rusi
Français Russie
Galego Rusia
ગુજરાતી રશિયા
Hausa Rasha
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Lukia
עברית רוסיה
हिन्दी रशिया रूस
Hrvatski Novosibirsk Rus Rusi ruši Rùsija Москва Русија
Magyar Oroszország
Հայերեն Ռուսաստան Ռուսիա
Bahasa Indonesia negeri beruang merah Rusia
Íslenska Rússland
Italiano Russia
日本語 ロシア 俄羅斯 落石 露 露国 露西亜 魯国 魯西亜
ქართული რუსეთი
Қазақша Ресей رەسەي
ខ្មែរ រុស្ស៊ី
ಕನ್ನಡ ರಷ್ಯಾ
한국어 -지비 노국 노서아 러시아 로국 로서아 로씨야 아라사
Kurdî rûs rûs rusî rusî Rûsiya Rûsya
Кыргызча Оруссия
Latina Russia Ruthenia
ລາວ ລັດເຊັຽ
Lietuvių Rusija
Latviešu Krievija
Malagasy Rosia
Македонски Русија
മലയാളം റഷ്യ
Монгол Орос ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
मराठी रशिया
Bahasa Melayu Rusia Rusyiya
Malti Russja
မြန်မာဘာသာ ရုရှား
नेपाली रसिया
Nederlands Rusland
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ରୁଷିଆ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਰੂਸ
Polski Moskwa Rosja Wszechruś
پښتو روسيه
Português Rússia
Română Rusia Русия
Русский Россия Русь
සිංහල රුසියාව
Slovenčina Rusko
Slovenščina Rusija
Shqip Rusi Rusia
Српски Novosibirsk Rus Rusi ruši Rùsija Москва Русија
Svenska Ryssland
Kiswahili Urusi
தமிழ் உருசியா ரஷ்யா
తెలుగు రష్యా
Тоҷикӣ Русия
ไทย รัสเซีย
Türkmençe Russiýa
Tagalog Rusya
Türkçe Novosibirsk Rusya Samara Yekaterinburg
ئۇيغۇرچە روسىيە
Українська Москва Раша Росія русня
اردو روس
Oʻzbekcha Rossiya Россия
Tiếng Việt Nga ngã Nga La Tư nga ngố
Yorùbá Rọṣia
中文 Вурус Россия 俄國 /俄国 俄羅斯 /俄罗斯 露西亞 /露西亚
IsiZulu iRashiya

Examples

““Revoking PNTR for Russia is going to make it harder for Russia to do business with the United States and doing it in unison with other nations that make up half of the global economy will be another crushing blow to the Russian economy that’s already suffering very badly from our sanctions,” Biden said.”
“Russia is unable to honor its arms delivery commitments to India because of the war in Ukraine, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said, placing a potential strain on New Delhi’s relationship with its largest defense supplier as Moscow attempts to ramp up weapons production.”
“Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava.”
“Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias — the empire over self.”
“Then there is White Russia and Red Russia, Great Russia and Little Russia, Russia of the Frozen North and Russia of the Far East — a Russia equally dangerous to every one of her neighbours […]”
“Dull Russias will prove a good selling line for women according to the predictions of certain manufacturers.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Russia Alba Russia ashes Russia braid Russia calf Russia crash Russia drab

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